Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Speeds Through Solar System
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The European Southern Observatory has captured the clearest images yet of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it travels through the solar system, providing valuable data about this rare visitor, which is only the third interstellar object detected in our solar system. The comet was discovered on July 1, 2025, and will be closest to Earth in late October 2025, though it will be hidden behind the sun at that time. Observations will continue to study its structure, composition, and origin.
- See interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zoom through solar system in new telescope imagery (video) Space
- It Came From Outside Our Solar System, and It Looks Like a Comet The New York Times
- Comet 3I/ATLAS NASA Science (.gov)
- Is 3I/ATLAS a Comet or Something Else? Avi Loeb – Medium
- Comet 3I/ATLAS: Interstellar object speeding through solar system at 137,000 mph Yahoo
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